89. Imperial icon on wood, "Saint John the Baptist - Angel of the Desert", Romanian school, mid-19th century
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89. Imperial icon on wood, "Saint John the Baptist - Angel of the Desert", Romanian school, mid-19th century
Not sold
Selling price
EUR 3.000
tempera and gold leaf on wood, 97.5 x 81 cm
The icon depicts Saint John the Baptist as the angel of the desert against a green/dark green background. He is portrayed in bust, with his camelswool brown-beige himation, covered with a green mantle on his left shoulder. In his left hand he holds a phylactery wrapped around a scepter with a cross, and in the bottom right, a container with the image of the saint's head, a symbol of his martyrdom. He blesses with his right hand. The inscription designating the scene is written in white, in a transitional alphabet: "St. John the Baptist".
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